KwaZulu-Natal Archives

UKZN chemist addresses energy crisis through nanocomposite Solar Cells

KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal October 31, 2024

Choosing to tackle the ongoing energy crisis in South Africa, budding young chemist and Pongola resident Dr Samantha Ndlovu embarked upon a PhD project that would contribute to sustainable energy sources and alleviate supply and consumption challenges. She fabricated a renewable and novel solar energy device using perovskite/graphene-based nanocomposite.... Read more

UKZN ASRI commission high-tech rocket launch gantry

KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal October 28, 2024

Engineers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Aerospace Systems Research Institute (ASRI) have commissioned a new suborbital sounding rocket launch facility at the Denel Overberg Test Range (OTR) in the Western Cape. The facility was funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and is the first in South... Read more

Sibling doctors graduate: Mom’s prayers answered

KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal September 24, 2024

Hard work, dedication, and prayers from their loving mother helped siblings Drs Gcinile Mngoma and Mlungisi Mngoma graduate together from UKZN. Gcinile was awarded a Master of Medicine degree in Anaesthetics, while Mlungisi qualified as a Medical doctor. ‘We are very proud of our respective accomplishments, and it is... Read more

UKZN awards R50 million worth of scholarships

KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal August 23, 2024

The University of KwaZulu-Natal has awarded more than R50 million in scholarships to 1,289 top-performing undergraduate and postgraduate students. Of this cohort of recipients, the top 82 students received their prestigious awards at the Annual Scholarships Award Ceremony held in uMhlanga on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024. Of the 82... Read more

World premieres of the opening, closing night films announced

KwaZulu-Natal Latest news University of KwaZulu-Natal August 6, 2024

The political zeitgeist in South Africa could not be a better time to introduce Tara Moore’s excavation of South Africa’s history – Legacy; The Decolonised History of South Africa. As the promise of a Government of National Unity (GNU) embarks upon the task of uniting the country to dismantle... Read more

Professor Nokuthula Sibiya is MUT’s new VC

KwaZulu-Natal Mangosuthu University of Technology August 5, 2024

Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) is proud to announce the historic appointment of Professor Nokuthula Sibiya as the new Vice-Chancellor, the first woman to hold this esteemed position in the institution’s 45-year history. This groundbreaking appointment comes at a pivotal moment as MUT embarks on a new era of... Read more

UKZN study highlights black lesbian experiences at TVET colleges

KwaZulu-Natal Research University of KwaZulu-Natal June 22, 2024

Dr Sanele Siwela is elated at achieving her PhD in Social Justice Education. Her thesis entitled: A Feminist Analysis of Black Lesbian Students’ Academic and Social Experiences at a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institution in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa examined how the various social identities of... Read more

Former UKZN chancellor graduates with master’s

KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal May 11, 2024

From graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the erstwhile University of Natal in 1982 to serving the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) as the second Chancellor from 2009 to 2017, graduating again at the age of 68 is no mean feat for Dr Zweli Mkhize... Read more

Novel study raises hope for eradicating gonorrhoea

Achievers KwaZulu-Natal Research University of KwaZulu-Natal May 11, 2024

Dr Deshanta Naicker (29) said she was thrilled to obtain her PhD in Medicine, which resulted from new South African research she undertook at the University of Kwazulu-Natal on combating the bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhoea. Her study investigated a “reverse vaccinology” approach and alternative therapeutics to combat... Read more

Defying poverty to graduate as a medical doctor summa cum laude

Achievers KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal May 7, 2024

06 May 2024 was not a normal day for Dr Thembelihle Angel Maziya, who graduated as the only black female of 14 students who completed UKZN’s difficult MBChB programme summa cum laude. The 24-year-old Highveld Secondary School matriculant from a small village called Tjakastad in Mpumalanga province said she... Read more